I was going to say Happy Cinco de Mayo, but then I realized that it's 2:45 am and Cinco de Mayo is over... Oh well, Happy Belated Cinco de Mayo? lol Hope everyone had a great one! I had a nice relaxing day myself. I started out by spending an hour in the flower garden doing a Spring Clean-Up. The above picture is from last fall and I never did get around to doing a Fall Clean-Up. The closest I got was taking out the tomato & pepper plants, and the herbs that were in the back right of the garden last year (they will have their own garden this year between the houses). So in the fall all of the Annuals died off and were left in the ground, the Morning Glory's on the trellis died and were never taken down, leaves were all through the garden... Needless to say it needed a clean-up.
Today I went out before the temperature rose too much and got to work. Let me just say, the weeds were out in abundance! There was a lot of dead leaves to take out of the garden, but there was a TON of weeds too. I didn't get to the trellis today but I will be dealing with that tomorrow. I did get the leaves out and the weeds pulled though. And got a little surprise in the process. My Summer Nights Larkspur re-seeded itself! :) I thought it was Annual but it came back this year. I'm quite happy about this as the flowers on it are GORGEOUS! In the above photo you can barely see the bright blue flowers in the middle towards the back. Here's a close-up I took last summer of the flowers.
See what I mean? I love them! I also learned that my Impala Roses survived the winter as well! YAY!! Below all of the dead leaves I found new little red leaves. :)
Also back are my Daylily's which were transplants last year and never bloomed for me (except the Stella D'Oro which was in bloom when I put it in the garden). Super excited to see those bloom this year. Irises that also didn't bloom last year. Two types of purple ones I believe.
My gorgeous white Dwarf Asiatic Lily "Tiny Nanny" is also coming back up as well. :) Here's the new growth.
And here is what it looked like last year in bloom.
Now I just have to wait and see if my Red Dahlia comes back and the rest of the space is open for new plants. :) And as you can see, now that the clean-up is done, there is plenty of space for more.
Oh and I almost forgot. My Morning Glory seeds are starting to sprout! I planted them on Friday and checked back today to find each variety sprouting away. YEAH! Can't wait!!
I haven't decided yet but I may go out plant hunting tomorrow. I want more Roses for sure. And if I can find Mandevilla again I'd definitely like more of those too. My Hummingbird & Finch Feeders will be going up tomorrow too. Here's to hoping we attract some birds this year. :)
Ciao!
~Kay
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